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CC Madhya 22.29 (1975)



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 29

jñānī jīvan-mukta-daśā pāinu kari, māne
vastutaḥ buddhi 'śuddha' nahe kṛṣṇa-bhakti vine


SYNONYMS

jñānī—the speculative philosophers; jīvan-mukta-daśā—the stage of liberation even while in this body; pāinu—I have gotten; kari'-taking; māne—considers; vastutaḥ—factually; buddhi—intelligence; śuddha—purified; nahe—not; kṛṣṇa-bhakti vine—without devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.


TRANSLATION

"There are many philosophical speculators [jñānīs] belonging to the Māyāvāda school who consider themselves liberated and call themselves Nārāyaṇa. However, their intelligence is not purified unless they engage in Kṛṣṇa's devotional service.